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| Bobs Device SKY 20 or A23 (Denon) SUT for my Charisma 103 cart I would also consider the MFA 632 ($759) or if you can spring for it the Baby Classic ($1995) -- Jonathan does great work and can design the transformer to suit your specific needs. I have the Classic V2 and really love it -- but my dealer claims ... | |
| Where to put one's best power cords?? "That would be the DAC, as opposed to the transport"Not necessarily -- in a full DCS stack the best place for the first power cord upgrade is on the clock ...The obvious answer is where the influence of greater power stability will be most impactf... | |
| SAT Comparison @lewm so you would have thunk but I'm astounded by how often one NYC dealer posts pictures of its "latest customer installations" of six figure systems into bare Manhattan lofts with lots of wood floors and glass windows -- not sure these customer... | |
| SAT Comparison A very interesting experience and actually one that mirrors my own experience with analog. My tests were simply on an iPad via Campfire Andromeda’s but the differences were quite apparentWhat made the winner to me stand out was the ease and natur... | |
| I Need an XLR Digital Cable. Excellent job @nasaman. Very thorough and helpful. Good news is having landed on the Transparent you can move up the line if/when the opportunity presents as the other cables from this manufacturer share the same house sound - a blend of clarity, ... | |
| Power cords @ptrck887 thanks for the update. Glad the rear wall treatment worked for you. I agree on the effect of the Black box, it’s very impactful across the frequency spectrum, just in my case a bit too impactful if you know what I mean! I’ll be intereste... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Yes @slaw, correct they press (2 sided and one sided) without that lip. The issue with the one sided 45rpms is that being pressed on only one side they dish warp towards that side. I've never tried to take this warp out given the thickness of the... | |
| Analogue Productions Jazz, Blues and Classical 33RPM vs 45RPM advice needed!!! While my experience with AP Jazz (the Bill Evans box set in particular) is that the 45 always better the 33However I did not find this to be the case with the Janis Ian "Breaking Silence" -- where the original (numbered) 33 is best. Details on thi... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @6t5-gto yes the Classic 45rpms are good but everyone I have is without exception warped so that the outer edges of the playing side are 1-2mm up. This is a function of them being blank on the reverse side. If you have a vacuum setup, edge clamp o... | |
| Simon and Garfunkel "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" MOFI UD1S @stevecham. My bad, oddly I’d say the MoFi makes Art sound like Paul :-) the classic retains more of the difference between the two voices IMO | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? As I'd mentioned doing this earlier in this thread I just posted my impressions of comparing the MoFi and Classic 45 "Bridge over troubled Water" here -- it's a mixed picturehttps://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/simon-and-garfunkel-bridge-over-tr... | |
| Simon and Garfunkel "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" MOFI UD1S Just wanted to check in with my thoughts on how this compares with the obvious next best comparison - the Classic Records 45RPMFirstly the overall issue with this recording as it stands is that it’s a bit of a mess from the get go. Pushing the ava... | |
| Best vinyl purchases based on pressing, studio production, sound quality and enjoyment. @knollbrent as you askedHere’s a good sense of what I like listening too -- some of these LPs are rare and expensive in the original versions but one of the great benefits of services like Spotify is that you can sample say the Heron and decide if... | |
| When to replace preamp tubes? In my experience the answer is - much sooner than you think. In the case of my old ARC Ref 2SE phono stage I noticed appreciable noise in one channel at 400 hours and replacing the set of 6H30s was a transformation in sound. I think factors such a... | |
| Best vinyl purchases based on pressing, studio production, sound quality and enjoyment. While many if not most of the LPs suggested hit the OPs request I worry that thread such as this miss the real value of LP reproduction -- the ability to dig into over 60 years of history at frankly minimal cost and to uncover discs you had never ... |